Phuket – Coral Island

I skipped the very popular Phi Phi Island as I want to do more activity, something fun and adventurous.

I opted for the Coral Island 1 day tour as I always want to do parasailing and sea-walking.

The van picked us up then we went non-stop to Chalong pier. Once at the pier everyone was given a life jacket and led to the boat. It took about 15 minutes to reach the island.

Coral Island has beautiful beach. See the clear water and smooth sand… It was so beautiful :)

 

 

I went for sea-walking first. No photo to share as I did not bring along the camera so that I can enjoy the fullest without any burden.

I was equipped like this to walk on the sea bed. An oxygen mask was put on and we can normally breathe in it. Be sure to keep your head vertical all the time.

I was surrounded by fishes. and I never thought I am fish food until I got fish bite on my fingers and palm when I was feeding them with breads wtf.

Went snorkelling but nothing much to see. A bit of disappointment here. The local told us that it is because getting more and more tourist and boats come here and the coral now is wiped out. Not so impressive actually.

Then I went for parasailing. It was fun!! The ride was too short for me to really watch the beautiful scenery but is worth experiencing if not done before.

off to fly :)

 

After lunch, I just relaxed on the beach chairs, seeing other people posing for photos. Damn enjoying to watch people do funny things.

Feel bored and went for tattoo-drawing. See what I got for myself.

 

 

I enjoyed myself very much in the Coral Island.
I love new things.
The trip cost 3000baht inclusive lunch, snorkeling equipment, parasailing and sea-walking.

 

Phuket – Phuket FantaSea

Just come back from Phuket.

Okay, I start with Phuket FantaSea which located at Kamala Beach. The cost is 2000baht per person including buffet dinner and transfer from hotel (we got promotion price from Phuket Sea Smile Tour & Travel).

 

Phuket Fantasea is actually a nighttime Thai cultural theme park. I guess kids will like this place very much.

The Palace of Elephants is the very big theatre which shows Thai culture and legends. The 1 hour plus performance was quite interesting as you will see trained animals moving around on the stage, magic show, cultural dances, special effects and also the very amazing acrobatic. I was so impressed with the trapeze artists where they swing high up in the sky wearing glow-in-the-dark costumes.

you can take elephant-ride too

No photo and video is allowed during the performance. And you have to keep all your devices here.

We also had buffet dinner in the Golden Kinnaree Buffet Restaurant that seats 4,000 guests

rich-man wedding dinner?

If you are going to Phuket, you may visit this place at least once as it is can be consider a pretty good attraction spot especially for kids.

The Tiger Temple, Kanchanaburi

Then we back on the road to our next destination, the Tiger Temple.

It wasn’t really a temple at all, but more like a wildlife park. There were wild boars, cows and other animals roaming around the area.

The tigers are all chained and were taken care by the monks and volunteers. I actually wonder are the tigers drugged as they are unnaturally tame, look so sleepy and too lazy that tourists can take photos with them.

 

You are not allowed to wear bright colors and short pants. You will be accompanied by guides who will escort you to the tigers and take your photos using your camera. My friend said the tigers must be kena jampi with some spell. He has his own theory to explain why. Hahaha…which makes me feel eerie.

 

We took photos with the big tigers.

Don’t mess with the tigers, they are really huge.  

 

 

See the big cat is on my lap, unconsciously.

 

Actually this place is worth to pay a visit as you can get so close and even can touch the tigers. However, getting to Tiger Temple is really complicated because it’s very far from Bangkok. You actually pay to waste half a day on the road.

 

 

the best scene i've seen in the temple

 

The Bridge over River Kwai, Kanchanaburi

On the way to Tiger temple, we stopped by River Kwai.

A view of the Bridge over the River Kwai

The bridge is part of the Death Railway which stretches for 250 miles. The railway is given such name because many lives were lost due to unfavorable working conditions during its construction during World War II. The bridge is now a tourist attraction, where you can walk on foot, sit on it and ride a tourist train.

my favourite pose whenever I'm on a railway

 

It's a photogenic place. If you like photo-shooting, just pay a visit. but very far away from Bangkok city, about 2hours plus.

 

 

陌生，我的朋友

人生，好像被格式化了
 

出生，玩闹，上幼儿园，毕业典礼上致词。

上小学，认识城里来自各个住宅区的朋友，补习，参加课外活动，毕业。

升中学，认识新朋友但还是整天和一起升中学的小学朋友混在一起，吵架，和好朋友分享追和被追的过程，奔波于课业与课外活动之间，然后又毕业。

选科系，上大学，进入另一个陌生环境，又认识一群来自四面八方的朋友，又奔波于课业与课外活动之间，到某某大公司实习，再次进入另一个陌生环境，又认识一群在社会打混的同事，争取到最后一张文凭，带着四方帽和家人和大学同学合影毕业照，最后把四方帽往上抛。

 

过后，又一次进入另一个陌生环境里工作，成天想要往上爬，想尽办法得到追求的事物

同时，想尽办法在茫茫人海中寻找自己想要的陌生人，然后和他谈恋爱

然后，工作累了，转换工作，继续打拼。爱情累了，转换伴侣，继续谈恋爱。

然后，升职，步入红地毯终结孤单，又一次进入另一个陌生的环境过着新生活
然后，新生命诞生，又得重新培养新的生活方式和习惯
这些然后，我还没有经历，好像不应该想太多
 
陌生啊，我的朋友

Elephant Camp (Chang Puak) + Floating Market, Damnoen Saduak

We signed up some group tour. The tour covers Damnoen Saduak Floating Market, the Bridge over River Kwai, and Tiger Temple costing about 1600baht with free lunch, exclusive of boat fees.

As we were in a group with other tourists, we also follow them to the Elephant Camp (Bonus?) It took about one and a half hour from Bangkok to reach there.

 

There are many activities available : Elephant feeding, elephant riding, ATV adventure, and gun shooting.

 

 

 

 

The elephant pee in front of us..woo…very very big tank.

 

Then we head to the floating market. I found so bored to be here as it was my second visit. Anyway, it’s still an experience.

All sorts of things available here

 

 

Boat jam again…

Don’t know why we were transported on motor powered boat and passed by many local houses. Maybe it was included, not too sure as there is too much scam.

 

 

To me, this is really a tourist trap. Sigh. The price of goods are exorbitantly high. Plus the boat vendors have “partner” shops they take you to where they commissions from your purchases. No more third visit.

Bangkok again

My last visit to Bangkok was actually in May.

The reason why now only I share with you is because… I am going to Phuket 2 weeks later :) 

We stayed at White Palace Hotel at Pratunam area. There is a street market near to our hotel so we can actually find street food easier. I’m a big fan of street food when I’m travelling around, and Bangkok has no shortage of it. From sticky rice with mango, to Phad Thai, to green curry and tomyam soup, to coconut ice cream, it’s delicious and cheap.
 
I like these pancakes very much

 

 

Coconut ice cream!!

 

Stick rice with Mango 

Phad Thai in making

 

The deep-fried worm. Taste like twistie. Good try

 

We went to the backpacker infested Khao San Road at the first night. It is always my favourite place to go.

Khao San comes alive in the night

 

Get to know some new Thai friends from a friend of mine.

 

Together we created 2 special memories in Bangkok city.

#1 

We walked too far away from Khao San to nowhere. When we walked back to Khao San, it rained…oh no!! We couldn’t find a shade and it was already 12 in the night. We have to walk under the rain so that we can still get a tut-tut. All wet ~

#2

So finally we get a tut-tut, but the driver sent us to Prince Palace Hotel instead of White Palace Hotel. The driver can’t speak English, he thought we don’t want to pay and he got angry wtf and he asked for another 200baht to send us back to White Palace Hotel. Crap!! Apa larrr…such a scam!

The head of the angry tut-tut driver

 

Think we really need to bring along offline language translator whenever we travel to other places to avoid misunderstanding.